This document is one in a series of monographs aimed at providing a narrative summary of ideas and thoughts gathered from particular community segments represented in a series of mini-conferences held to discuss the concept of collaboration in career education. In this monograph, the career education activities of the American Legion and American…

Two overarching tasks face school public relations directors. These tasks are gaining public support for education and fostering understanding and acceptance of the professions of school public relations. Both are difficult. Schools today suffer from a lack of public confidence. School public relations suffers from a lack of understanding by the…

This booklet details a methodology for infusing almost any subject into a school district's ongoing curriculum. The process involved three interrelated parts: infusion, community, and stewardship. The infusion component makes it possible to upgrade teacher's skills, improve classroom management, strengthen community-school cooperation, and diffuse…

IN A COMPLEX AND CHANGING INDUSTRIAL WORLD, ADVISORY COMMITTEES ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE PLANNING AND OPERATION OF SOUND VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THREE TYPES OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES ARE (1) A GENERAL COMMITTEE, TO REVIEW THE TOTAL OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AND TO ADVISE ON NEEDS AND PRIORITIES, (2) OCCUPATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES,…

THE GUIDE IS INTENDED TO ASSIST PROJECT DIRECTORS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO DEVELOP MORE SYSTEMATIC AND THOROUGH EVALUATION DESIGNS FOR THE GREAT CITIES SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. MAJOR DIMENSIONS OF TEACHING-LEARNING, SCHOOL-COMMUNITY, AND PUPIL-PARENT-TEACHER ACTIVITIES ARE LISTED. MAJOR EVALUATION AREAS ARE IN PUPIL ACHIEVEMENT, IMPLEMENTED BY GROUP…

A SUGGESTED READING LIST OF BOOKS AND PERIODICALS COVERING A RANGE OF SUBJECTS WAS PRESENTED. THESE INCLUDED SUCH TOPICS AS COMMUNITY-SCHOOL RELATIONS, THE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED, INTERGROUP RELATIONS, UNDERACHIEVEMENT, NEGROES, AND TEACHER-PUPIL RELATIONS.

WHILE THE MAJOR PURPOSE WAS TO EXPLORE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FOR SCHOOL SUPPORT, A SECONDARY PURPOSE WAS TO DEMONSTRATE THE PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND THE SURVEY RESEARCH TECHNIQUE TO EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS. SOME OF THE FINDINGS WERE AS FOLLOWS. THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT WHICH A COMMUNITY ACCORDS ITS SCHOOLS IS…

THIS PAPER PRESENTS A DISSENTING VIEW OF PREVAILING CONCEPTS OF EDUCATION AND APPROACHES TO EDUCATIONAL REFORM. THE AUTHORS STATE THAT REFORMS CURRENTLY DIRECTED AT AMERICAN SCHOOLS ARE GROUNDED IN CONCEPTUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS THAT FAIL TO CONFRONT THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE AGE. THEY OUTLINE THE NATURE OF THESE PROBLEMS,…

This handbook was prepared to help clarify the process of faculty-conducted institutional studies at the elementary school level. It is designed to assist professional school personnel develop logical and practical procedures for school improvement, and should help school faculties clarify the approach to institutional self-study. A background to…

It is the responsibility of educators to initiate and exert leadership in developing an adaptive system to promote educational change. It is essential that educators be concerned with the total development of an adaptive system in the community, cooperating with other group leaders outside of education, and not feasible educational changes within…

This publication is an introductory guide intended to aid and encourage citizen participation in the budgeting process of local school districts. It is based on research involving 47 state departments of education, 234 school districts, and 120 citizen groups throughout the United States. The author acknowledges the wide variation in local school…

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC," Volume 2, contains 16 summaries of documents and journal articles on school volunteer programs, all of which are indexed in either "Resources in Education" or "Current Index to Journals in Education." The materials included deal with various aspects of this topic, such as the coordination and…

Developed for use with 90 school systems in Western Pennsylvania, this manual was field tested and modified in some of those systems. It allows school board members to test themselves on six important aspects of school board operation: (1) the conduct of meetings, (2) relationship with the administrative staff, (3) educational program improvement,…

This package has been developed as a resource guide and training aid to assist school administrators who want to improve school-community relations, to involve people meaningfully in decision-making, and to create learning experiences of quality in the community's lifelong educational process. The guidebook lists steps for identifying formal and…

This document compiles the Forum 45 major address and the responses of three reactors. Dr. Cosand's paper seeks to define what constitutes a top quality community college president. There are many styles of presidential leadership; however, the possibility of a president's providing strong and enlightened leadership depends on his effectiveness in…